| Wyoming challenges Yellowstone snowmobile rules |
The state of Wyoming has filed a new federal lawsuit seeking to block the National Park Service from restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.
Updated: 05:06 PM
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| Prosecutor: Alleged Maui spy is difficult but sane |
The competency hearing of a Maui man accused of spying for China has ended with the prosecutor claiming the defendant is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial.
Updated: 05:06 PM
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| Former Marine charged in ’Cathouse’ star’s death |
A former Marine has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse."
Updated: 05:06 PM
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| Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder |
A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.
Updated: 05:06 PM
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| Fate of black teacher in Mo. case rests with jury |
A jury is deliberating the fate of a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers in Missouri
Updated: 05:06 PM
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| UN committee targets Iran’s rights violations |
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country’s disputed presidential election and release those still detained.
Updated: 04:36 PM
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| Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken |
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl’s body was found dumped off a rural road.
Updated: 04:36 PM
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| Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term |
The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago’s Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
Updated: 04:36 PM
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| Pa. university students upset about fitness class |
A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
Updated: 04:36 PM
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| Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base |
The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Updated: 04:06 PM
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| UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike |
Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs.
Updated: 04:06 PM
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| SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor |
South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Lawyer: Ohio’s legal injection a human experiment |
An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio’s new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful |
An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there’s no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect |
An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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